“Islamic State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] currently controls less than 5 percent of Syrian territory,” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said on Tuesday, noting that prior to the Russian Air Force operation, IS controlled…

The terrorists have been “almost defeated while attempting to build their caliphate in Iraq and Syria,” Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Aleksandr Bortnikov noted.“The leaders of IS and other international terrorist…